SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy S7 Active review: 2016 AT&T rugged S7.

Item: Galaxy S7 Active
Rating: 80
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2016·$795

Overall

80/100

Class rank

#2 of 4

Tier

Rugged

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Galaxy S7 Active.

S7 Active brought 4,000 mAh + MIL-STD-810G to Samsung's 2016 AT&T rugged flagship.

01Display

86/100

At 86/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among rugged phones of 2016 — 10 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED

Size5.1"

Resolution2560 x 1440

02Performance

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 71-point average for rugged phones of 2016.

ChipsetSnapdragon 820

RAM4 GB

Storage32 GB + microSDXC

03Camera

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 75-point average for rugged phones of 2016.

Main12 MP Dual Pixel OIS

Front5 MP

04Battery

88/100

88/100 puts it above the 83-point average for rugged phones of 2016.

Capacity4,000 mAh

ChargingAdaptive Fast Charge

05Software

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 72-point average for rugged phones of 2016.

What works

4,000 mAh on S7-class hardware.
IP68 + MIL-STD-810G.
Programmable button.
Same SD 820 + AMOLED.

What doesn't

AT&T-exclusive.
185 g chunky.
Camo design polarizing.
No expandable from microSD due to body.

Cross-shop it against

Cat S60

$599 · score 70/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 4-phone cohort of rugged devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .